Defeating Ourselves

That is one of the hardest things to do "defeat yourself"... Sounds pretty easy to say but it is much more difficult to do.
How can we defeat ourselves? It is precisely when we have self-control, not let ourselves be controlled by anything, not thoughts, emotions, feelings, acting only by faith that brings positive results. In daily practice we see many examples: When a friend comes to you to talk about someone else, knowing it's not good to gossip, that it is ugly, and told more than 1000 times that it will only bring more problems, but only to please your friend, you share it, in other words, you could not defeat yourself. When your thoughts wander, unpleasant thoughts, often bringing envy, jealousy, anxiety, even displeasing you, instead of changing your thinking and doing something beneficial, you feed those thoughts, leading to situations that exist only in your mind, a fixation between you and your thinking. Or, you are gaining weight every day, knowing you have to start a healthy diet, eat healthy, walk, run, do something to burn the fat you already have, but you always say you will start next week and time passes and still you do not defeat yourself. Another example is the organization of your home, your room needs to be thoroughly organized, and you always say not this week, I'll do it next week, another week comes and passes and the mess is still waiting. You live anxiously, worried about everything and everyone, not leaving anxiety in its place, in other words, out of your life.

These are some examples that we live every day and only in defeating ourselves do we get to change.

Remember:
Everything in life requires sacrifice,
To change any situation it is necessary to take action
Only when we change from the inside, the external changes appear
Victory is only for those who do not give up
We need to start in order to finish, if you don't start, you will never finish
Your success or failure depends only on you

STOP DOING AND START BEING

When we are chosen by God, we are chosen to bear fruit. However, many of those who do God's work, without realizing and in time, due to the difficulties, persecutions, sadness and injustices, no longer bear fruit because of bad eyes, bad thoughts, until the sad moment comes and they are cut off , because that tree which gave so much fruit in the beginning was left to dry until it is cut.

All the time we pass through difficult situations and stop looking at the cross, in other words, we do not look to Him who called us, we automatically cease to bear fruit. But when we have the spiritual eyes and maturity, we know that persecution, struggles and tribulations are allowed to make us stronger and to give even more fruit.

What helps us remain and bear fruit daily, is to keep our eyes good, even though our eyes try to show the contrary, keep our thoughts clean, even when evil tries to put doubts, fears, bad thoughts, or even judgements in relation to people, in other words, we must remain as in the beginning, because how our heart was in the beginning is what caught the eye of God, when He chose us to do his wonderful work.

I went through many situations a few years ago and could not see the fruits of our labor. So I made a prayer to God, I did not accept to be like a dry branch, did not accept to be in the work and not bear fruit for God, that is, I wanted to win souls, not only do the work. Time passed and God showed me that I had to change, I had to go back to the beginning and it was because of me that the fruit was not growing, I matured a lot, learned a lot through my own mistakes, but it was great to just rely on the Holy Spirit and He showed me how to bear fruit that lasts forever!

Today I experience a great joy, to see people who are born of God every day, I have been used by God for people to be born of Him, the fruit will certainly remain, but this only occurred after a complete and total change within me, allowing Jesus to cleanse me, returning to the same thoughts and pure heart of the beginning, renewing my mind to bear more fruit.

I stopped using only my physical talent, that was only concerned with DOING the work of GOD to use my spiritual talent and completely BE of GOD in daily practice and communion with the Holy Spirit, before I was worried about doing the work, today I worry about winning souls by BEING of God so that others can see my character, my behavior and being a fruit bearing tree instead of a dry branch.

"He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful."
"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you" John 15:16